Bill Text: NY A01414 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Authorizes cooperative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-10 - print number 1414a [A01414 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01414-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Authorizes cooperative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-10 - print number 1414a [A01414 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01414-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 1461 A. 1414 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to authorizing coop- erative library systems to apply for funds under the local government efficiency grant program municipal merger incentives THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph p of subdivision 10 of section 54 of the state 2 finance law, as amended by section 6 of part GG of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 p. Local government efficiency grant program municipal merger incen- 5 tives. For the purposes of this paragraph, "municipalities" shall mean 6 cities with a population less than one million, towns [and], villages 7 AND COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEMS. Within the annual amounts appropriated 8 therefor, surviving municipalities following a merger, consolidation or 9 dissolution occurring on or after the state fiscal year commencing April 10 first, two thousand seven may be awarded additional aid in the state 11 fiscal year following such merger, consolidation or dissolution equal to 12 fifteen percent of the combined amount of real property taxes levied by 13 all of the municipalities participating in the merger, consolidation or 14 dissolution in the local fiscal year prior to the local fiscal year in 15 which such merger, consolidation or dissolution took effect. In 16 instances of the dissolution of a village located in more than one town, 17 such additional aid shall equal the sum of fifteen percent of the real 18 property taxes levied by such village in the village fiscal year prior 19 to the village fiscal year in which such dissolution took effect plus EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03843-01-1 S. 1461 2 A. 1414 1 fifteen percent of the average amount of real property taxes levied by 2 the towns in which the village was located in the town fiscal year prior 3 to the town fiscal year in which such dissolution took effect, and shall 4 be divided among such towns based on the percentage of such village's 5 population that resided in each such town as of the most recent federal 6 decennial census. Such additional aid shall be apportioned and paid to 7 the chief fiscal officer of each consolidated or merged municipality on 8 audit and warrant of the state comptroller out of moneys appropriated by 9 the legislature for such purpose to the credit of the local assistance 10 fund in the general fund of the state treasury in the same "on or before 11 month and day" manner as the municipality's base level grant is paid 12 pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph i of this subdivision. Any 13 municipality receiving a merger incentive award pursuant to this para- 14 graph shall use such aid only for general municipal purposes. In no case 15 shall the additional aid pursuant to this paragraph exceed one million 16 dollars. Such additional aid shall in subsequent state fiscal years be 17 considered prior year aid for the purposes of determining such merged, 18 consolidated or surviving municipality's base level grant pursuant to 19 paragraph b of this subdivision. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.